It's 1814 and Charlotte Tucker lives with her family in the town of Roxbury, near the bustling city of Boston. Life in the Tucker's house has always been merry, but Charlotte's family worries about the war. Now the British have blockaded the harbour, and that means no molasses for supper.
In this second book about Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to become the grandmother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, winter is approaching, but the war is still going on. Charlotte worries about Will, Papa's striker, who is marching north with the militia. When bells are heard ringing from Boston, and every building in the common is ...
Six-year-old Martha wants to be as good as her big sister, who is quiet and ladylike and well-behaved. But it's so hard for Martha to sit still for a spinning lesson when her brothers are playing Picts and Scots on the rolling Scottish hills.
In this third book of "The Martha Years" series, Martha is frustrated with her governess, Miss Norrie. She's much too nervous to handle Martha's high spirit. When she leaves and Martha thinks she's finally free, Miss Crow enters her life, and teaches her some things besides sewing and manners. Illustrations. 5 1/4 7 5/8.
Continues the childhood adventures in the Scottish countryside of seven-year-old Martha Morse who would grow up to become the great-grandmother of author Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Her eleventh year brings many changes in the life of Charlotte Tucker and her family, including the building of a dam near their home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, attending school, meeting her mother's older brother, and the birth of her own baby brother.
In this third book in the Charlotte Years series, the War of 1812 is over. Seven-year-old Charlotte thinks life in Roxbury is finally back to normal. But her life is soon turned upside down with a new baby in the house, and a new teacher at school. Will her life ever be the same again?
In the fourth book in the Martha Years series, ten-year-old Martha takes her first trip away from the River Tay in the Scottish Highlands and journeys to the bustling city of Perth to visit her newly-married cousin Grisie.
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